FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 21, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIL by 5 after the first quarter and won 92–89.

Final
HOU108
CHH114
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +6
Final
NYK87
CHI88
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +1
Final
DAL93
GSW105
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +12
Final
ATL91
MIA94
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
IND92
MIL89
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +3
Final
WSB88
ORL93
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final
LAC82
POR100
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +18
Final
MIN106
TOR118
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Jan 21, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ DET), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ MIL

Indiana holds off Milwaukee, 92–89

Indiana led 66–64 after three and held on to win by three. Rik Smits led Indiana with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+2+3IND AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2323202692
MIL2815212589
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 8 games: 2, 16, 20, 4, 14, 8, 20, 25IND25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Derrick McKeyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 14, 6, 5, 12, 5, 4, 17, 14IND14 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 18, 38, 35, 10, 14, 14, 29, 29MIL29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 25, 21, 26, 17, 36, 15, 22, 22MIL22 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 18.

CHI over NYK1MIA over ATL3IND over MIL3ORL over WSB5CHH over HOU6GSW over DAL12TOR over MIN12POR over LAC18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.5Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 23.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 51

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 23, 33, 32, 39, 25, 24, 26, 51CHI vs NYK · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 23, 27, 21, 32, 38, 26, 25, 46GSW vs DAL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 27, 39, 27, 25, 26, 25, 35, 33, 33, 42CHH vs HOU · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 37, 9, 31, 7, 19, 12, 9, 17, 39HOU @ CHH · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 0, 17, 28, 22, 12, 17, 15, 32TOR vs MIN · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 18, 38, 35, 10, 14, 14, 29, 29MIL vs IND · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Glen RiceCHH+7.2 31.2 last 10 · 24.0 season
LaPhonso EllisDEN+5.6 26.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Isaiah RiderPOR+5.2 20.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+4.7 18.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Voshon LenardMIA+4.7 14.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Gerald WilkinsORL−5.0 7.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.7 8.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.5 11.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Matt MaloneyHOU−3.1 6.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
John StocktonUTA−3.0 10.7 last 10 · 13.7 season